Learn Adigabze- Body Parts

Note:
I transliterated the Adiga words like this (matching the Cyrillic):
1) a- a (long a)
2) ы- i (schwa)
3) э- e (short a)
4) y- w (it's either the consonant or indicates a rounded sound)
5) o- we (it's either the consonant with a short s or a rounded sound with a short a)
6) и- y (long e)
7) l- ' (either a glottal stop or indicates ejective sounds)
8) г- g` [similar 2 voiced velar fricative but not quite- like the one in the word Adiga (it doesn't exist in English, Arabic, Russian, Turkish or Hebrew- I don't know what other language has it)
9) гъ- gh (voiced velar fricative - like غ in Arabic or ğ in Turkish)
10) гь- g (like g in English- this sound doesn't exist in most Adiga dialects)
11) гу- gw (rounded g- this one exists in all dialects)
12) ш/щ/шъ- sh ( I transliterated all 3 as one but they are not one. The litter girl pronounces ш & щ the same but щ is lighter than ш but u can hear the difference in шъ, so listen carefully)
13) шъу- shw (I don't know how to call this sound. It has nothing to do with the sound SH but I transcribed it that way because that's how it's written in Cyrillic. It's more like someone is trying to whistle but it doesn't come out)
14) шъо- shwe (some as the above but with a short a)
15) ж/жь/жъ- zh (same as in the case if 'sh', the little girl doesn't differentiate between ж & жь but жь is lighter than ж, but also here you can here the difference in жъ)
16) kl- k'/ch' (in Shapsough that letter is sometimes pronounced as ejective k or as ejective ch- it's only ejective ch in most dialects)
17) лъ- tl (voiceless L- voiceless alveolar lateral fricative)
18) лl- tl' (ejetive voiceless L- ejective voiceless alveolar lateral fricative)
19) къ- q (like the Arabic ق)
20) х- х (voiceless velar fricative)
21) хь- h (voiceless pharyngeal fricative- ح)
22) хъ- xh (/χ/- خ)
23) ц- ts

* If there's a letter followed by w it means it's rounded & if it's followed by ' it means it's ejective & if it's followed by ' & w it means it's both rounded & ejective.

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• Circassian
• adiga
• adyghe
• adyga
• adygha
• adigabze
• adigabza
• cerkes
• cerkez
• tcherkess
• адыгэ
• адыги
• адыгея
• адыгабзэ
• черкес
• צ'רקס
• אדיגה
• شركس
• أديغا

[Daxa52]

I really liked this lesson of reconnecting with body parts in Adyghe - Shapsuge language. Thank you whoever put it together... Nahida

[sesetsiku]

@Daxa52 I'm glad u liked it :)

[rrar11]

Adigabze? What is a language? I hear it fisrt time.

[sesetsiku]

It's the language of the Adyghe ppl (Circassians).

[rrar11]

Hm, how can the language be useful?

[sesetsiku]

I see u'r from Russia, so u should know Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkess, Adygeya & Shapsougeya. All those ppl (except for the Karachies & Balkars) r Circassians & they speak this language in different dialects. The language can be useful for ppl who live among Circassians, it can be useful for Circassians who want 2 learn their mothertongue & for anyone who wants to learn Circassian. In Russian u call it Adyg or Cherkess...

[sesetsiku]

theweighepso :)

[AdigaMaster]

great job :))

mashala7 :)

[sesetsiku]

If I add music in the background you won't be able to hear the word correctly. We have similar sounds & you need to listen carfully to hear the differene between the sounds...

Thank you for your feedback. It's good to know some people find it helpfull :)

[bshrtmara]

Well!! That is what I call a contribution, thank you a lot. My son would definitely enjoy it this evening. We need this kind of stuff. We do have a language you know, we dont only dance! However, I suggest you add a very low, slow and nice music in the background to create some lively feeling, if not in this one maybe in the next. Thanx again!!